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by Ryan Meehan

Tuesday brought us the release of the soundtrack from the new movie “The Avengers”, a real-life superhero movie based off of the Marvel Comics series of the same name. This may not come as a huge shocker to anyone who frequents FOH, but I’ve never bought a comic book in my whole life. I never had any interest in reading comics, or buying the action figures that accompanied the illustrations. But that’s neither here nor there.

On the flipside, I’m always been a huge Soundgarden fan. I’ve always held myself to the belief that because of the success of Nirvana’s “Nevermind” and Pearl Jam’s “Ten”, Soundgarden’s “Badmotorfinger” got hosed. Almost every song on that record is damn near perfect, but you’d never know it because as musicians that weren’t really recognized by the general public for their genuine talent outside of Temple of the Dog. That is, until “Superunknown” came out and they won a Grammy for “Black Hole Sun”, easily the worst Soundgarden track ever recorded. There are some awesome songs on “Superunknown” and it’s a great album, but “Badmotorfinger” ended up being rolled over when in my opinion it was clearly the better album. I blame all of the flannel. And that awful “Singles” movie. Continue reading →